Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-08-18
Jim and Davv.
The Boston Record has brace of good
boy stories;

The Boston Recori has a brace of good
boy stories;
Little Jim is IN great trouble. 1t is
all about his trousers Jim has got into
garments which he thinks are trousers and
has been holding up his head with IA con-
sciousness of citizenship that no petticoat-
ed small boy is capable of experiencing.
The trousers had been the pride of Jim's
life, the delight of his heart. They are
very little things, those hreeches, bit of
cloth scwed up, and they stop at jim's
knees where his newest stockings yawn
into the widest possible holes on half
days trial. But Jim has not seemed to
mind the smaIlncss Of his garments any
more than the lack Of inches natural to a
fvc-year-old He has been radiantly hap
py. but now he is wretched For a Dayy
who lives next door--oh, impish, jealous,
nconoclastic Davy has told Jim that
his trousers are not made of lambs wool.
Davy la. tainted Jim of it, and Jim has
not been able to defend himself, for it had
never entered his mind even to wonder OF
whAt sort Of stun trousers are or ought to
be made. But the height of perpleXity
and shame came to Jim yesterday, when,
fortified BY maternal assurance and heart
cucd up A bit by maternal careSScS. he bold
Is met his tormentur in the yard and said :;
You Davy. My pants are lambs wool,
too and you've Just got to stop saying
they're not MY papa says they are.
Davy looked jim over with the supcri-
orty of boy who has attained to stand
up collars and bihlcSs lunches: then he
~aid slowly and cruShingly. SO Crushingly
that Jim ha> not been able to rally light
hcartclnc>s since the blow fell
"Poh, lr'ap~ they are part lambs
wool but not all, like mine. Jim, y"ar
pnHts arf wnsfiy cD'r's 'r"oi r
The refinement Of cruelty in Davy would
make him good subject for use in Rus
sian novel. Davy has his good traits,
though. and one Of them is the prompt
ness with which he owns up to any mis-
chief he has committed, if II is patent and
punishable mischief. Confession does not
mean ab,olntion by any means in Dayy'S
home either II happens that his mother.
who j. q woman Of very strong indlyidu-
atty. has a hearty respect for the oid-fash-
tonrd notion that the rnd that j. spared
>poi~ thc child. NOW when Davy'~ mother
takes up her hoy for a cha~ti>cmrnt he does
not soon forget it, The family legends have
IL though that Davy'~ last whipping, was
given several years ago before he was fair
IN uu, uf lace collars This last " hipping
Na~ administered by his father gentle
sort of person who has ht~ doubt, about
thr usefulness Of corporal punishment.
Dayv had run away III had gone a-gip-
SWING Just a. his elders are wont to do on
;hc spur Of tine minute. Dayy did not
mean M run away. but hc ran and he got
away on into the country mcwhcre and
wasn't found until evening, and after
great deal of search anl bother for his
mother lIr WAS sent promptly 20 hc!
Win hrcad-and-milk supper. on hi~ re
turn home, amt biz mother added the warn
ing II shall come aud see YOU by and hy.
Dasy knew what that meant, and hc
planned / strategic stroke which saved him
thr Hrd For hi~ father ran into the nur-
~cry for a moment visit when he first
came iu from town, NOT yct aware OF
Dayy'~ absence amt return. aud was sur
urj~td ny Dawn : casting himself preClpl-
tnu~i} INTO hi~ arms with the rutrcaty
on. papa, please whip ne, please whip
Mc ami whip me right "t quick n"W
run away. ami mamma coming up To see
the about it, and oh papa. do whip me
Such states evidence a. that could no' fail
tn win the day fer Davy His father
whipped him promptly and tcndtrly-
aut " hrn hI~ mother came mp for her in
trrljrw She was amazed to lind Dayy pen
ltrut anil happy. Yet, somehow. DaNy has
newer seemed tu nrcI a whipping since